WO2019032334A1 - Dérivation de dispositif de commande d'écoulement entrant et système d'isolation de dérivation pour gravillonnage des crépines avec tamis de contrôle de sable en dérivation - Google Patents

Dérivation de dispositif de commande d'écoulement entrant et système d'isolation de dérivation pour gravillonnage des crépines avec tamis de contrôle de sable en dérivation Download PDF

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WO2019032334A1
WO2019032334A1 PCT/US2018/044526 US2018044526W WO2019032334A1 WO 2019032334 A1 WO2019032334 A1 WO 2019032334A1 US 2018044526 W US2018044526 W US 2018044526W WO 2019032334 A1 WO2019032334 A1 WO 2019032334A1
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Caleb Thomas WARREN
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/04—Gravelling of wells
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E21B33/12—Packers; Plugs
    • E21B33/1208—Packers; Plugs characterised by the construction of the sealing or packing means
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/08—Screens or liners
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells

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  • Example embodiments described herein include equipment and operations for gravel packing a wellbore in connection with the production of hydrocarbons or other fluids from geologic formations.
  • ICDs inflow control devices
  • the inflow control devices may variably restrict the fluid flow, and may have the capability to respond to changed downhole conditions and/or be remotely controlled (e.g., "autonomous" and/or "intelligent" inflow control devices).
  • Very long horizontal open hole completions can also benefit substantially from the use of inflow control devices fluidly coupled to the screens.
  • Conventional slurry pumping techniques used in gravel packing operations may involve flowing gravel into a wellbore with a carrier fluid.
  • the gravel pack may then be dehydrated by flowing the carrier fluid through the screens in order to return the carrier fluid to the surface while the gravel remains in place.
  • greater flow rates through the screen at certain points in the gravel packing operation may facilitate a successful gravel packing operation.
  • the presence ICDs associated with the screens may significantly restrict the available flow rate through the screen during the gravel packing operation,
  • FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a gravel pack installed in a wellbore, which may employ a wellbore system embodying principles of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 2 is a partial schematic view of a wellbore system illustrating a plurality of bypass modules of the present disclosure with a plurality of screens installed on a tubing string;
  • FIG. 3 A a perspective view of one of the bypass modules of FIG. 2 illustrating the bypass module installed between two sections of a leak-off conduit;
  • FIG. 3B is a partially exploded perspective view of the bypass module of FIG. 3 A with a cover removed to illustrate a swellable tee installed in the bypass module
  • FIG. 3C is a partially exploded perspective view of the bypass module of FIG. 3B with the swellable tee removed illustrating screened ports extending to an inner passageway of a tubing string base pipe;
  • FIG. 4A is a partially exploded perspective view of another one of the bypass modules of FIG. 2 illustrating the bypass module installed on an end of the leak-off conduit;
  • FIG. 4B is a partially schematic view of a wellbore system illustrating a bypass module installed within an annular space between a well screen and a base pipe;
  • FIG. 4C is a partially schematic view of a wellbore system illustrating a bypass module fluidly coupled to the annular space between a well screen and a base pipe through a fluid passageway;
  • FIGS. 5 A and 5B are perspective views of the swellable tee of FIG. 3B illustrating an un-swollen configuration of the swellable tee;
  • FIGS 6A and 6B are perspective views of the swellable tee of FIGS. 5A and 5 B illustrating a second swollen configuration of the swellable tee.
  • bypass modules that may be used in a gravel packing operation to facilitate a sufficiently rapid dehydration of a gravel slurry.
  • the bypass modules provide a relatively unrestricted flow path for a carrier fluid to enter a base pipe of a production tubing string during a gravel packing operation, and close once the gravel packing operation is complete such that production fluids may flow through well screens and associated ICDs to enter the base pipe of the production tubing string.
  • the bypass modules may include a sweilable member therein that swells to thereby close the bypass module in response to contact with a trigger fluid present or provided into a wellbore.
  • At least some of the bypass modules may be disposed at a tee junction in a leak-off conduit extending longitudinally along the base pipe, at an end portion of the leak-off conduit and/or independent of any leak-off conduit or well screen.
  • Figure 1 generally illustrates a well system 0 defined within a subterranean geologic formation "G," in which a gravel packing operation is being performed.
  • a gravel slurry 12 is being flowed into an annulus 18 defined between a completion string 20 and casing string 21 disposed in a wellbore 22.
  • a gravel pack 16 is installed about a well screen 14 interconnected in the completion string 20.
  • the well screen 14 may be provided with a flow restricting device such as an ICD 36 (see FIG. 2) for restricting inward flow through the well screen 14 during production.
  • the completion string 20 includes a base pipe 30 defining a longitudinal axis 3 ⁇ 4.
  • the base pipe 30 may extend to the surface and may serve as a conduit for both the gravel slurry 12 to travel downhole into the wellbore 22 and for the carrier fluids and/or production fluids to flow uphole.
  • a bypass module 100 (see FIG. 2) independent of the well screen 14 may also be interconnected in the completion string 20 for permitting a relatively unrestricted inward flow into the base pipe 30 of the completion string 20 until after the gravel packing operation is complete. This combination of the ICD 36 and the bypass module 100 allows greater flow rates into the completion string 20 before and during the gravel packing operation, and also provides the benefits of reduced flow rates through the well screen 14 during production.
  • wellbore 22 could be completed open hole in keeping with the principles of the present disclosure.
  • well screen 14 is shown as being positioned in a generally vertical portion of the wellbore 22, such well screens and other equipment described herein may alternatively, or in addition, be positioned in horizontal or otherwise deviated portions of a wellbore.
  • Figure 2 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a larger portion of the completion string 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • the portion of the completion string 20 illustrated in FIG. 2 may be coupled below the portion illustrated in FIG. 1, for example.
  • the portion of the completion string 20 illustrated in FIG. 2 includes three well screens 14 (14a, 14b and 14c) interconnected therein, and three bypass modules 100 (100a, 100b and 100c), which are axially spaced along the completion siring and independent from the well screens 14.
  • the well screens 14 include a filter portion 26, which may be constructed of wire wrap as illustrated, or other types of filter material (such as mesh, sintered material, etc.) in other embodiments.
  • fluids may enter an annular space 28 disposed radially between the filter portion 26 and a tubular base pipe 30 of the completion string 20 or well screen 14. From the annular space 28, fluid may enter the base pipe 30 through openings or ports 32, and from the base pipe 30 fluids may flow to the surface.
  • the well screen 14a defined at a lowermost portion of the completion string 20 may ⁇ be a "sacrificial screen," which may be employed for relatively unrestricted intake of a carrier fluid during a gravel pack operation, and closed or isolated from the completion siring 20 by a plug 34 or other device once a gravel pack operation is complete and/or prior to commencing production through the completion string 20.
  • the ports 32 in the sacrificial well screen 14a may extend directly through the base pipe 30 such that fluid may flow relatively unrestricted into the interior of the completion string 20.
  • the plug 34 may be positioned by manipulating a washpipe (not shown) or other tool from the surface, or may be remotely controlled from the surface such that the plug 34 may be positioned without physical intervention.
  • the sacrificial well screen 14a may be eliminated or replaced with a well screen 14b, 14c having an ICD 36 or other flow restrictor fluidly coupled thereto.
  • a flow restrictor such as ICDs 36 may be provided that restrict the flow into the base pipe 30 of the completion string 20.
  • ICDs 36 may be fluidly coupled anywhere between the annular space 28 and the interior of the base pipe 30.
  • the ports 32 extend from the annular space 28 to a longitudinal flow passageway 37 that is fluidly coupled to the ICDs 36.
  • ICDs are joined, e.g., to a longitudinal end of a screen jacket 39, and receive fluid directly from the annular space 28 through the screen jacket 39. As illustrated in FIG.
  • ICDs 36 are autonomous flow control devices that include a plurality of pathways between the ports 32 and an exit port 38 extending radially into the base pipe 30.
  • the pathway taken by fluid flowing through the ICD 36 may depend on or change along with a characteristic of the fluid flowing therethrough, and flow resistance may be dependent on the particular path taken through the ICD 36.
  • a flow path through the ICD 36 is described below with reference to FIG 4B.
  • the flow restrictors may be "intelligent" in that they may be remotely controlled and/or are capable of responding to sensed downhoie conditions in order to variably restrict inward flow therethrough.
  • intelligent flow restrictors may include a downhoie controller and/or a telemetry device for communicating with the surface or another remote location.
  • a leak-off conduit 40 is provided on an exterior of the screens 14 and may be constructed of a plurality of sections 40a, 40b.
  • the leak-off conduit 40 includes provides an interior longitudinal pathway for the transport of fluids such as production fluids and the carrier fluids in gravel slurry longitudinally along the completion string 20.
  • the leak-off conduit 40 extends across a plurality of the well screens 14. Specifically, in the embodiment illustrated, the leak-off conduit 40 extends across the well screen 14b and the sacrificial screen 14a, In this manner, the leak-off tube 40 may provide a dehydration path to the sacrificial screen 14a from the positions of other well screens 14.
  • one or more leak-off conduits may be provided each extending a greater or lesser length along the completion string 20.
  • An outer circumferential wall of the leak-off conduit 40 may be perforated or otherwise fluid permeable to permit the entry or exit of fluids into or from an interior of the leak-off conduit 40.
  • the circumferential wall may exhibit a rectangular cross section as illustrated, or any other another appropriate geometry.
  • a lower end 42 of the leak- off conduit may also be open or fluid permeable to permit entry of fluids therethrough.
  • the bypass modules 100a and 100b are fluidly coupled to the leak-off conduit 40 and provide a relatively unrestricted fluid pathway between the leak-off conduit 40 and the interior of the base pipe 30.
  • the bypass module 100a is arranged along the leak off conduit 40 to interrupt the flow path to the sacrificial screen 14a provided by the leak-off conduit 40. For example, at least a portion of fluid flowing through the leak off conduit 40 toward the sacrificial screen may enter the base pipe 30 through the bypass module 100a. A portion of the fluid may also continue through the bypass module 100a, and continue through the leak off conduit 40 toward the sacrificial screen 14a.
  • the bypass module 100b is arranged at an upper end 44 leak-off conduit 40, and may discharge fluid received from the surrounding formation "G" into the base pipe 30 and/or into the leak-off conduit 40.
  • the bypass module 100c is positioned remotely from the leak-off conduit 40 and may provide a pathway from a formation "G" surrounding the wellbore 22 (FIG. 1) into the interior of the base pipe 30. Other positions and arrangements of bypass modules may be provided within the scope of the present disclosure.
  • the bypass modules 100 are arranged to provide a relatively unrestricted inlet to the base pipe 30 during a gravel packing operation, but as described in greater detail below, may be sealed to prevent any flow therethrough during a production phase such that production fluids may enter the base pipe 30 primarily through the ICDs 36 associated with the well screens 14b and 14c.
  • the sacrificial well screen 14a may be also isolated from the interior of the base pipe 30 during the production phase.
  • the ICDs 36 may provide the least restrictive pathway for production fluids to enter the base pipe 30.
  • FIG. 3 A a perspective view of the bypass module 100a arranged between the two sections 40a, 40b of the leak-off conduit 40.
  • the bypass module 100a defines a longitudinal fluid pathway between the two sections 40a, 40b of the leak-off conduit 40 and includes a housing 102.
  • the housing 102 has openings 104, 106 defined therein for receiving or otherwise coupling to a longitudinal end of the sections 40a, 40b of the leak-off conduit 40.
  • the housing 102 includes a structural support 108 that may circumscribe the base pipe 30 and facilitate coupling the bypass module 100a to the base pipe 30 by welding, fasteners, or other connection mechanisms.
  • the bypass module 100a also includes a removable cover 110 coupled to the housing 102 by fasteners 1 11.
  • the cover 1 10 extends generally over the fluid pathway between the sections 40a, 40b of the leak-off conduit 40.
  • the housing 102 and the cover 110 may be constructed of steel or another generally fluid impermeable material such that fluids entering bypass module 100a generally enter through the leak-off conduit 40 or the openings 104, 106.
  • openings may be provide through the cover, housing, structural support or other components to permit fluid to enter the bypass module 100a.
  • Figure 3B is a partially exploded perspective view of the bypass module 100a with the cover 1 10 removed from the housing 102, A swellable member 12 is disposed within the housing 102 beneath the cover 110, and is responsive to contact with a particular trigger fluid present in the wellbore 22 (FIG.
  • the cover 1 10 allows for changing swellable member 1 12, e.g., at the surface to have a material responsive to a desired trigger fluid prior to deployment.
  • the swellable member 1 12 may be maintained in a first un-swollen configuration (see FIG. 5 A) prior to contact with the trigger fluid and may be induced to increase in volume to thereby move to a swollen configuration (see FIG. 6A) when exposed to the trigger fluid.
  • the swellable member 112 When the swellable member 112 is in the first or un-swollen configuration, the swellable member 112 is constructed as a "tee" such that fluid may flow longitudinally through the swellable member 1 12 between the two sections 40a, 40b of the leak-off conduit 40 and/or radially into the base pipe 30.
  • the swellable member 112 When the swellable member 112 is in the second or swollen configuration (see FIGs 6 A and 6B), the flow through the bypass module 100a is prohibited. Swelling of the swellable member 112 may be initiated during or after the gravel packing operation by, e.g., circulating the trigger fluid downhole through the completion string 20 with, or after, the slurry 12 (FIG. 1).
  • the trigger fluid may be a production fluid, e.g., oil, natural gas or other hydrocarbons, water, etc. produced from the geologic formation "G".
  • the swellable member 1 12 may be constructed of a rubber material such as EPDM, natural rubber or brombutyi rubber. These materials, when exposed to a hydrocarbon -based trigger fluid, swell and retain the trigger fluid to maintain the swollen configuration.
  • the swellable member 1 12 may be constructed of a swelling clay such as bentonite that expands in the presence of water.
  • a variety of other materials may be employed depending on the particular application.
  • FIG. 3C is a partially exploded perspective view of the bypass module 1 10a with the swellable member 1 12 removed from the housing 102.
  • a chamber 1 16 is defined in the housing 102 between the openings 104, 106 for receiving the swellable member 1 12.
  • a radially interior surface of the chamber 116 includes screened ports 118 extending into the interior of the base pipe 30.
  • the screened ports 1 18 may be covered with a port screen member 1 18a such as a mesh or any of the materials described above for use in the filter portion 26 of the well screens 14 (FIG. 2).
  • the port screen member 118a may be disposed within the interior of the chamber 116 in some embodiments, or coupled to an exterior of the bypass module 110a over the screened ports 118.
  • the screened ports 118 permit sand or other particles in the carrier fluids that have not passed through a filter portion 26 of any screen (see FIG. 2) to be separated from the carrier fluid entering the base pipe 30.
  • the sweliable member 112 defines an interior tee-shaped passageway 114.
  • the tee-shaped passageway 114 extends between openings 124, 126 on longitudinal ends of the sweliable member 1 12 and a radial opening 128 on a lower end thereof.
  • the openings 124, 126 are positioned to communicate with the corresponding openings 104, 106 defined in the housing 102, and the opening 128 is positioned to communicate with the screened ports 1 18.
  • the opening 128 is closed and a pressure seal is established over the screened ports 1 18 to prohibit entry of fluids into the base pipe 30 through the bypass module 100a.
  • FIG. 4 A is a partially exploded perspective view of the bypass module 100b disposed at the upper end 44 of the leak-off conduit 40.
  • the bypass module 100b also includes a housing 102 with openings 104, 106 defined therein.
  • the opening 106 receives section 40a of the leak-off conduit 40, which extends from the opening 106 of the bypass module 100b to opening 104 of the bypass module 100a (FIG. 3 A).
  • the opening 104 of the bypass module 100b does not connect with the leak-off conduit 40, and thus, may be covered by a plate 150.
  • the plate 150 may include screened openings 152 defined therein, which may permit entry of fluids from the well bore 22 to enter the bypass module 100b.
  • a cover 54 coupled with the housing 102 may also be provided with screened openings 156 defined therein to permit passage of fluids into the bypass module 100b from the surrounding gravel pack 16 or geologic formation "G" (FIG. 1).
  • the screened openings 152, 56 may be closed by the operation of the sweliable member 1 12.
  • the bypass module 102c (FIG. 2) may include two plates 150 covering each of the two openings 104, 106 in the housing 102 since the bypass module 102c is fully remote from the leak-off conduit 40.
  • FIG. 4B is a partially schematic view of a wellbore system 155 illustrating a bypass module lOOd within a well screen 14d.
  • the well screen 14d includes a filter portion 26 and the bypass lOOd disposed within the annular space 28 between the filter portion 26 and the tubular base pipe 30.
  • the bypass module lOOd may be constructed substantially as the bypass module 100b (FIG. 4A) discussed above, except that the plate 150 may be removed and the cover 154 may be removed or replaced with a cover 110 without screened openings 156 defined therein.
  • a flow path 160a may be defined through the filter portion 26, through the annular space 28, through the bypass module lOOd and into the base pipe 30.
  • the flow path 160a may be available for carrier fluids of the gravel slurry 12 (FIG. 1) until a trigger fluid swells the swellable member 1 12, thereby prohibiting flow through the bypass module lOOd and well screen 14d.
  • An additional flow path 160b through the well screen 14c is available for production fluids once the flow through the bypass module lOOd is prohibited.
  • the flow path 160b extends through the filter portion 26 of the well screen 14c, through the annular space 28, through the ports 32 of the ICD 36 and into the base pipe 30 through the exit port 38.
  • Internal to the autonomous ICD 36 e.g., between the ports 32 and exit port 38, are various flow passages which a fluid takes dependent upon its characteristics (e.g., viscosity).
  • flow may be divided between flow passages 162a, 162b dependent on the viscosity of the production fluid, and the production fluid may then be induced to flow directly to the exit port or spiral toward the exit port 38.
  • the well screen 14d is illustrated without an ICD 36 and well screen 14c is illustrated without a bypass module 100 therein, in other embodiments, a single screen may incorporate both a an ICD 36 and a bypass module 100 without departing form the scope of the disclosure.
  • the bypass modules 100 are arranged with larger passageways, e.g., tee-shaped passageway 114 (FIG. 3C), than the passageways, e.g., flow passages 162a, 162b in the ICDs 36 such that the bypass modules may permit a relatively rapid flow of fluids into the base pie 30.
  • FIG. 4C is a partially schematic view of a wellbore system 164 illustrating a bypass module lOOe having one longitudinal opening 104 fluidiy coupled to the annular space 28 between the filter portion 26 and the tubular base pipe 30 of a well screen 14e.
  • the bypass module lOOe is affixed to the base pipe 30 adjacent an end cap 170 of the well screen 14e.
  • a fluid passageway 172 extends through the end cap 170 such that fluids filtered by the filter portion 26 of the well screen 14e may enter the bypass module 1 lOe through the opening 104.
  • the bypass module lOOe may include a cover 1 10 that does not include filtered openings 156 (FIG. 4 A), and a solid plate 174 sealing the longitudinal opening 106.
  • a flow path 180 into the base pipe 30 extends through the filter portion 26, the annular space 28, the fluid passageway 172, through the opening 104 and the swellable member 112 into the base pipe 30 through the screened ports 1 18 (FIG. 3C). Once exposed to a trigger fluid, however, the swellable member 1 12 swells to prhohibit flow along the flow path 180, effectively closing the well screen 14e.
  • FIGs 5 A and 5B are perspective views of the swellable member 1 12 in the un- swollen configuration.
  • the swellable member 112 generally provides a longitudinal flow path through the tee-shaped passageway 114 for fluids to bypass the ICDs 36 (FIG. 2).
  • the fluids flowing through the tee-shaped passageway may travel to the sacrificial screen 14a, and may also travel radially to enter the base pipe 30 directly.
  • the swellable member 112 includes a main cross member 112a extending between the openings 124 and 126 and a radial extension 126b protruding from the main cross member 1 12a.
  • the radial extension may facilitate placement of the swellable member within the chamber 116 of a bypass module 100, and may facilitate forming a pressure seal over the screened ports 1 18 (FIG. 3C).
  • Figures 6A and 6B are perspective views of the swellable member 12 in the swollen configuration.
  • the openings 124, 126 and 128 are closed such that flow through the swellable member, and thus the bypass module 100 in which the swellable member is disposed, is restricted or prohibited.
  • the completion string 20 may be first be installed in the wellbore 22 with the swellable members 1 2 in the un-swollen configuration and the sacrificial screen 14a open. Then the gravel slurry 12 may be pumped through the work string from the surface into the annulus 18 to form the gravel pack 16. A carrier fluid in the gravel slurry 12 may enter the bypass modules 100 either directly from the annulus 18, or may travel through the leak-off conduit 40 to a bypass module 100, where the carrier fluid may enter the base pipe 30.
  • Carrier fluids may also flow into the screens 14, although a greater amount of the carrier fluid may flow into the sacrificial screen 14a than through screens 14b and 14c since the sacrificial screen 14a lacks the ICD 36. Since the carrier fluid may flow into the base pipe 30 relatively unrestricted through the bypass modules 100 and the sacrificial screen 14a, the gravel pack 6 may be rapidly dehydrated to facilitate the formation of strong and consistent gravel pack 16. Once the gravel pack 16 is complete and sufficiently dehydrated, the completion string 20 may be arranged for a production phase.
  • the sacrificial screen 14a may be closed by arranging the plug 34 appropriately with respect to the base pipe 30 to prohibit inflow of fluids into the base 30 through the sacrificial screen 14a.
  • the swellable members 1 12 may be exposed to a trigger fluid such as water pumped from the surface or a hydrocarbon based production fluid entering the wellbore 22 from the surrounding formation "G". The swellable members 1 12 will then move to a swollen configuration to prohibit or impair fluid flow through the bypass modules 100.
  • the production fluid may primarily or only enter the base pipe 30 through the ICDs 36 associated with the screens 14b, 14c.
  • the flow of the production fluid may be restricted as planned during the production phase.
  • the screens 14 and bypass modules 100 have been described above as being used in a gravel packing operation and in the well system 10 in which the well screens is gravel packed, it is not necessary for the screens 14 to be used in such gravel packing operations or well systems.
  • the screen 14 (or any screen incorporating principles of the invention) could be used in well systems where the screen 14 is not gravel packed, or in operations where a restriction to flow through the screen 14 is not increased in relation to any gravel packing operation.
  • the aspects of the disclosure described below are provided to describe a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are described in greater detail above. This section is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
  • the disclosure is directed to a bypass module for use in a gravel pack system.
  • the bypass module includes a housing for coupling to a base pipe of the gravel pack system .
  • the housing defines a chamber therein extending to one or more of longitudinal openings for receiving fluids from an annulus around the base pipe and at least one port extending into an interior of the base pipe.
  • a port screen member is coupled to the housing and extends across the at least one port.
  • a swellable member is disposed within the chamber, and is responsive to exposure to a trigger fluid to move between an un-swollen configuration wherein fluid flow between the more than one longitudinal openings and the at least one port is permitted and a swollen configuration wherein a pressure seal is established over the at least one port to prohibit fluid through the at least one port.
  • the one or more longitudinal openings includes a pair of opposed longitudinal openings and the swell able member is constructed as a tee having a main cross member extending between the pair of longitudinal openings and a radial extension protruding from the main cross member toward the at least one port.
  • the swellable member may be constructed of a rubber material responsive to a hydrocarbon based trigger fluid to move from the un-swollen configuration to the swollen configuration.
  • the swellable member may substantially fill the chamber when in the swollen configuration.
  • the bypass module further includes a cover removably coupled over the chamber.
  • the cover includes at least one screened opening defined therein for receiving fluids into the chamber.
  • the bypass module further includes at least one plate disposed in at least one of the longitudinal openings, the at least one plate including at least one screened opening therein for passing fiuid into the chamber.
  • the disclosure is directed to a gravel pack system including a base pipe defining a longitudinal axis.
  • At least one well screen includes a filter portion disposed radially about the base pipe and at least one port defined between an interior of the base pipe and an annular space between the filter portion and the base pip.
  • a bypass module housing is coupled to the base pipe remotely from the at least one well screen.
  • the housing defines a chamber therein extending to one or more of longitudinal openings and at least one port extending into an interior of the base pipe.
  • a port screen member is coupled to the housing and extends across the at least one port.
  • a swellable member is disposed within the chamber.
  • the swellable member is responsive to exposure to a trigger fluid to move between an un-swolien configuration wherein fluid flow between the more than one longitudinal openings and the at least one port is permitted and a swollen configuration wherein a pressure seal is established over the at least one port to prohibit fluid through the at least one port.
  • the at least one well screen includes a sacrificial well screen where fluid flow through the sacrificial well screen into the base pipe is substantially unrestricted and at least one other well screen having a flow restricting device for restricting fluid flow through the at least one port.
  • the sacrificial well screen further includes a plug selectively operable to prohibit fiuid flow through the sacrificial well screen.
  • the gravel pack system may further include a leak-off conduit arranged on the exterior of the base pipe and having at least one section fluidiy coupled to at least one longitudinal opening in the bypass module housing. The leak-off conduit may extend along the base pipe across a plurality of well screens to the sacrificial well screen.
  • the at least one bypass module further includes at least one additional bypass module disposed independently of the leak-off conduit.
  • the leak-off conduit includes an outer circumferential wall constructed of a perforated or fluid permeable material.
  • the flow restricting device includes an autonomous or intelligent ICD.
  • the disclosure is directed to a method of forming a gravel pack in a wellbore.
  • the method includes (a) installing a completion string including the base pipe into a wellbore, (b) pumping a gravel slurry from the surface through the completion string to form a gravel pack in an annulus around the completion string and (c) dehydrating the gravel pack by flowing a carrier fluid from the annulus through both at least one well screen coupled in the completion string and the at least one bypass module into a base pipe of the completion string.
  • the method further includes exposing a swellabie member to a trigger fluid in the wellbore to move the swellabie member to a swollen configuration and thereby prohibit fluid flow into the base pipe through the bypass module.
  • the method may further include closing a sacrificial screen coupled in the completion string.
  • the method may further include flowing the carrier fluid through a leak-off conduit and between a pair of opposed more longitudinal openings defined in a housing of the at least one bypass module.
  • the method may further include restricting fluid flow between the more than one longitudinal openings by moving a swellabie member within the at least one bypass module to a swollen configuration.
  • the disclosure is directed to a well screen for use in a gravel pack system.
  • the well screen includes a base pipe, a filter portion disposed about the base pipe and defining an annular space about the base pipe, and a bypass disposed within the annular space such that a fluid path is defined between the annular space into the interior of the base pipe through the bypass module.
  • the disclosure is directed to a well screen for use in a gravel pack system.
  • the well screen includes a base pipe, a filter portion disposed about the base pipe and defining an annular space about the base pipe, and a bypass module coupled around the base pipe adjacent the filter portion and having a longitudinal opening fiddly coupled to the annular space.
  • the well screen may further include an end cap having a fluid passageway extending there through between the annular space and the longitudinal opening of the bypass module.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne des modules de dérivation pouvant être utilisés dans une opération de gravillonnage des crépines pour faciliter une déshydratation suffisamment rapide d'une boue de gravier dans un forage. Les modules de dérivation comprennent un matériau qui gonfle en réponse à un contact entre le matériau et le fluide dans un puits de telle sorte que l'écoulement à travers le module de dérivation puisse être impossible une fois que l'opération de remplissage de gravier est achevée de telle sorte que les fluides de production puissent s'écouler à travers des tamis et des dispositif de commande d'écoulement associés pour entrer dans un diamètre interne d'une colonne de complétion. Les modules de dérivation peuvent être disposés au niveau d'une jonction en t dans un conduit de fuite, au niveau d'une partie d'extrémité du conduit de fuite et/ou indépendamment d'un conduit de fuite.
PCT/US2018/044526 2017-08-08 2018-07-31 Dérivation de dispositif de commande d'écoulement entrant et système d'isolation de dérivation pour gravillonnage des crépines avec tamis de contrôle de sable en dérivation WO2019032334A1 (fr)

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